Blackhorse Road | |
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Location | Walthamstow |
Local authority | London Borough of Waltham Forest |
Managed by | London Underground |
Owner | London Underground Network Rail |
Station code | BHO |
DfT category | E |
Number of platforms | 4 |
Accessible | Yes (London Overground only) [1] |
Fare zone | 3 |
London Underground annual entry and exit | |
2018 | 9.01 million [2] |
2019 | 9.74 million [3] |
2020 | 6.16 million [4] |
2021 | 4.99 million [5] |
2022 | 8.51 million [6] |
National Rail annual entry and exit | |
2018–19 | 2.014 million [7] |
2019–20 | 1.838 million [7] |
2020–21 | 0.972 million [7] |
2021–22 | 1.753 million [7] |
2022–23 | 1.932 million [7] |
Key dates | |
9 July 1894 | National Rail opened |
1 September 1968 | Victoria line started |
14 December 1981 | BR station resited |
Other information | |
External links | |
WGS84 | 51°35′13″N0°02′29″W / 51.586944°N 0.041389°W |
London transportportal |
Blackhorse Road is an interchange station, located at the junction of Blackhorse Road/Blackhorse Lane with Forest Road in Walthamstow, London for London Underground and London Overground services.
It is on the Victoria line of the London Underground and is the penultimate station on the eastern end of that line. Above ground, the station is on the Gospel Oak to Barking line of the London Overground, 7 miles 21 chains (11.7 km) from St Pancras (measured via Kentish Town and Mortimer Street Junction). [8]
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It is in Travelcard Zone 3 [9] and is the least-used station on the Victoria line, with 6.44 million passengers per year. It is the closest railway station to Walthamstow Wetlands.
Ticket barriers control access to all platforms. Passengers using Oyster cards are required to tap on a yellow Oyster card reader at ticket gates when entering and leaving the station and - to be charged a lower fare - suggested to also tap on a pink Oyster card reader if transferring between the two lines.
The station was opened by the Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway on 9 July 1894, [10] and was originally situated east of Blackhorse Road. [11] Its opening changed the local area from a gentrified London suburb to industrial, with several works and units opening around Ferry Lane to the northwest. [12]
The Victoria line station opened on 1 September 1968, across the road from the mainline station. [10] [13] It was planned as a simple two-platform station, and was the only station on the line with any new structures above ground level. [14] The surface line station was re-sited by British Rail on 14 December 1981, to provide better interchange with the Underground station. [15]
The station contains two underground platforms for the Victoria line and two for the London Overground. Owing to budget restraints at the time of construction, the Underground station, like many stations on the Victoria line, was never completely finished to the standard of other lines.[ citation needed ] White ceiling panels were never fixed to the ceilings above the platforms; instead the steel tunnel segments were painted black and used to support the fixtures and fittings. This has had a detrimental effect on the lighting levels.[ citation needed ]
There are two distinct works of art at the station, both depicting black horses, in reference to the station's name. One is in the form of a tile motif depicting a black horse on a white cameo against a light blue background, identical to the Victoria line's colour. It was designed by Hans Unger, who also did the tile motif at Seven Sisters tube station. The other is a mural of a black horse outside the station's entrance, by David McFall. [16]
During peak periods, trains run approximately every two minutes on the Victoria line (up to 33 trains per hour) in both directions. [17] [18]
The typical off-peak service for the London Overground Suffragette line in trains per hour (tph) is:
From June 2016 until February 2017, services on the route were suspended whilst it was electrified; this project involved lowering track in several places, rebuilding bridges and lengthening platforms as well as installing overhead wires. [20] A replacement bus service was in operation for the duration of the closure period.
London Bus routes 123, 158, 230, W11 and night route N73 serve the station. [21]
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Sources
Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Preceding station | London Underground | Following station | ||
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Tottenham Hale towards Brixton | Victoria line | Walthamstow Central Terminus | ||
Preceding station | London Overground | Following station | ||
South Tottenham towards Gospel Oak | Gospel Oak to Barking line | Walthamstow Queen's Road towards Barking Riverside |